Making an Arched Radius

[gduke2010]

This is the form of a 10'2 9/16" radius.

[gduke2010]

3/16" thick white oak strips

[gduke2010]

This is the dry fit. I didn’t take any pics of the glue up.

[gduke2010]

Arch after glued and out of the form

[Eric at Pelican Parts]

Fixed your pics. Nice work!

[wdfifteen]

Interesting. What’s the material?

[gduke2010]

The arch, stained and installed.

[gduke2010]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Interesting. What’s the material?

It's white oak. The strips are 5/16" *7/8". Made the radius 4" * 1 1/2". Tried making the strips thicker than 5/16", but, couldn't bend them around the radius

[gduke2010]

Originally Posted by Eric at Pelican Parts

Fixed your pics. Nice work!

thanks Eric

[gduke2010]

Steps to layout on plywood

[gduke2010]

Another step

[gduke2010]

Place pencil between the sticks and scribe each side of the radius.

[A930Rocket]

Nice work!

We used to do something similar with arched handrails.

[gduke2010]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

Nice work!

We used to do something similar with arched handrails.

Mr. Rocket, I've been to Mt. Pleasant, SC a few times had a girlfriend there, she lived in a house on stilts, on salt marsh with access to the ocean.

Railings sound a bit more challenging.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by gduke2010

Mr. Rocket, I've been to Mt. Pleasant, SC a few times had a girlfriend there, she lived in a house on stilts, on salt marsh with access to the ocean.

Railings sound a bit more challenging.

Arches on their sides or an angle.

[A930Rocket]

Sounds like a few places here.

Was it a neighborhood?

Originally Posted by gduke2010

Mr. Rocket, I've been to Mt. Pleasant, SC a few times had a girlfriend there, she lived in a house on stilts, on salt marsh with access to the ocean.

Railings sound a bit more challenging.

[gduke2010]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

Sounds like a few places here.

Was it a neighborhood?

Yes, it was a neighborhood, and the houses were 2 story on top of stilts.

Been going to a buddy's place in Simsonville. who I played sports with in high school. We go to Clemson games. Actually, 3 of us meet up for our annual Clemson game.

[MBAtarga]

I used a similar jig (although quite a bit smaller) in constructing the front apron on a demilune table I made several years ago. I stacked several layers of bending plywood and the front and rear of the apron was resawn solid cherry.

[gduke2010]

nice job

[dad911]

We used alot of framed door and window arches in the 80's & 90's. Used to have the formula for the radius, given the height and width, memorized.

Today, not so much....